Production Manager

**Primary Purpose** Oversee all production staff with primary responsibility for reliable operations. Maintain high safety standards, adhere to quality requirements, maximize productivity and manage a high-performance team. Accomplish this through the continued maturation of the Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) process. **Key Accountabilities** **Health, Safety & Environmental Leadership** - Create a culture where the safety of our people and our environment stewardship are priorities over production_ - Engage in daily safety conversations with team leaders and crew members to always keep safety top of mind - Actively promote the SafeStart program and monitor adherence - Perform "safety observations" to ensure specific safety rules, procedures, housekeeping, proactive accident prevention and conscious safety behaviours are adhered to and enforced if necessary - Audit the Housekeeping & Fire Prevention Clean and Inspect (CI) processes and provide feedback to the shift teams. Drive ownership of the processes to the supervisors and crews. - Actively participate in inquiries from the JHSC and ensure follow up measures and goals are achieved through the JHSC **TPM Leadership** - Create a culture where we embrace and implement TPM methodologies enabling our capability to achieve a world class OEE targets_ - Champion TPM principles across the operations team, driving employee engagement in ownership of equipment upkeep and performance improvement including; break down analysis (BDA), root cause analysis (RCA), clean inspect & lubricate activities (CIL), focussed improvements (FI), and/or kaizen events. - Facilitate TPM training for superintendents and supervisors. - Attend daily and weekly operations review (DOR & WOR) meetings to check performance metrics, identify issues, and develop corrective actions. - Actively participate in the monthly review of site objectives, goals, strategies, and metrics (OGSM) and contribute to the development of the annual plan **Team Leadership** - Create a culture where our people want to come to work, enjoy working together, and share a sense of belonging_ - Manage performance of direct reports by setting expectations, providing feedback, supporting development and issuing recognition, in alignment with site OGSM and the corporate performance management program - Monitor team performance and reward accomplishments through celebrations and recognition (both individual and group). - Conduct routine individual performance reviews with direct reports - Manage team vacation schedules to ensure reliable coverage and support is always available. - Collaborate with the Sales, Scheduling, Shipping, Maintenance, Procurement and Accounting Departments as required to maintain relationships based on mutual respect **Quality Leadership** - Create a culture where we strive to meet cutomer expectations on paper quality and workmanship_ - Maintain an active awareness of new technological developments of relevance to the mill’s processes - Monitor current & evolving customer quality expectations to ensure the mill is capable of meeting current expectations and develops a plan to meet future requirements. - Work synergistically with the Project Engineering Department to plan process modifications and machine upgrades to improve product quality, production throughput, and safety. **Cost Leadership** - Build a culture of cost awareness to enable our core value of acting like a business owner._ - Identify areas within the Production Operation where operating costs can be reduced and lead initiatives to realize the savings. **Required Qualifications** **Education** - Engineering or business administration degree, or a related field (preferred). **Experience** - 5 plus years of experience in a high production environment - 5 plus years of managerial experience **Knowledge/Skills/Abilities** - Strong leadership skills, independent thinking, strong organizational and planning abilities and excellent analytical and problem solving skills are essential - Strong interpersonal & communication skills - Exhibit a sense of urgency and demonstrates the ability to problem solve in a fast paced environment - Knowledge of TPM, six sigma, lean and ISO is an asset **Competencies** - Customer Focus - Decision Quality - Drive for Results - Leadership - Teamwork - Think and Act like an Owner **Nature and Scope** - **Impact**:high impact on production results - **Contacts**:collaborate with other departmental leaders within the Mill and corporate functions - **Leadership / Level of Responsibility**: oversees multiple levels and direct reports - **Physical and Sensory Demands**:attention to detail, listening attentively - **Working Environment**:Paper Mill production environment